Head-lamp-rim remover



Jan. 13, 1931. P. D.BURGIN 1,788,507

HEAD LAMP RIM REMOVER Filed May 5, 1950 K9 6INVEN'TOR.

'1 BY Mam ,(D'fauu J54 ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 13, 1931 PATENT em (me; n BURGIN, orxANsAs CITY, mssdum I HEAnLAMP-R M nnMovER Application filed May 5,

My invention relates to improvements in headlamp rim removers.

I The object of myinvention is to providea novel device by which the rim of an automos bile headlamp may. begripped and turned easily to andfrom a locked position. i

A further object of my invention is to provide a novel headlamp rimreinover which simple, cheap, durable, stroi-ig, not likely to get out of order, which can be easily'and quickly adjusted to fit rims of different diameters, and which is easily and, quickly operated, and which will not scratch or'injurethe rim. V i The novel features of'my invention are hereinafter fully describedandclaimed. V

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the preferred embodiment of my invention, s

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved rim remover. I

;Fig.,'2 is a top view thereof. V

Fig. 3'is an enlarged section .onthe line 33 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views.

The rim remover is provided with two rim gripping members adapted to respectively grip opposite sides of a headlamp rim 1 shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Each gripping member comprises a flat resilient flexible strip of metal 2, havingv fastened to its inner arcuate side a pad3 of relatively soft material, such as felt or can'- vas, and which is adapted to'clamp against the periphery of the rim 1.

To one end of one strip 2 is fastened one end of a handle 4. To the correspondingend of the other'strip 2 is fastened a handle 5 having through it a slot 6.

Pivoted to the handle 4 isa ratchet member 7 which extends through and is slidable in the slot 6, and which in one edge is provided with notches 8 each adapted to receive the handle 5, whereby-the portions of the handles 4 and 5 so connected are releasably held from movement towardor from each other.

v5, two braces 17 are provided. These braces gripping members can have the pads 3 there compression of necting member 9 are twoisnpports, each comprising,preferably, a bolt 11 having a square portion 12 slidably fitted in the slot 10 the bolt ll is mounteda plate 13 atone side of'the link connectingmember 9. Two v 7 "ends off-the strips 2 which are distant fro the handles 1 and 5 respectively. For holding the strips 2; from bending, Where they are fastened to the handles 4 and are respectively fastened to the handles 1 and 5,.and to theouters'ides of the'strips' 2, at a substantial distance from the points of connection of said strips 2 withthe handles ,4 andfi. In the operation of my invention, the nuts 14C, or one only, are loosened, and the adjacent gripping member is adjusted relatively to the other gripping member, so thatthe of-fitfagainst opposite sides of the rim 1 which is to be loosened and removed. -The ratchet member? is then'engaged with the handle 5 to hold the handles in proper positions, leaving the hands free to tighten the" nuts 14. 1

Thehandles 4 and 5 are then gripped and forced toward each other so as to tightly engagethe pads 3 with the rim'l, the ratchet member 7 beingreleased to permit of such the handles toward each other.

v Theihandles 4 .and "5 arelthen swung in a direction such that the rim will be freed from itslocking position, and can be Withdrawn from the headlamp. It is Wellknown that rimsof this type often become so tightly stuck as toprevent theirv being moved from thelockingpositi'ons by the/hands unaided.

With my invention such releasing of the rims is easily and quickly effected.

This application is a continuation, in part,

of the application filedbyme September 4:,

1929, for an auto adjustable head light door remover, having Serial Number 390,254.v

I donotlimit my invention to the structure shown and described, as modifications, thereof, within the spirit of the appended claims,

V spiritof my invention.

\{Vhat I claim is I i p p 1. In a headlamp rim remover, a connecting member, two supports thereomone slidable toward and from the other, means for .fastening releas'ably 'said'slidable support 7 ports respectively to said gripping members ina manner such that the latter may be swung toward and from each other.

hinged gripping member'beingw adaptedv to 3 swing toward and from the other gripping 7,

ing a longitudinal slot, two bolts extending through said slot and movable lengthwise thereof, two plates respectively mounted 011 said bolts, two nuts respectively mounted on said bolts and adapted to clamp respectively against said plates,two gripping members adapted to respectivelygrip opposite sides of a headlamp rim, and two hingesrespectively connecting said gripping members with said plates in a manner such that said gripping.

members may be swung towardand from each other. Y

' '4." Ina headlamp rim removerfa link having-a longitudinal slot, a bolt slidable in and extending through said slot, a plateon said bolt, a nut on said bolt adapted to bear against said plate toclampthe latter'tosaid linlnitwogripping members adapted to re spectively grip 'oppositesides of a headlamp rim, one of said gripping members being hinged to said plate, and means forfastening the other gripping member to said link, the

membera'" p v V 5. In a headlamprlm remover, a link having a longitudinal slot, two gripping m'em bers, each comprising afieiiibl'e resilient strap adapted to embrace one side of a headlamp rim,- a handle fastened at onejend'to sai'd mavjbe made without departing. trom thestrip, and a brace fastened to said handle and i and means hingedly connecting said strips t6 said supports, whereby said gripping members can be swung toward and from each other.-

; 6. In. a headlamprim remover, a connect- ,ing' member," two" supports longitudinally movable thereontoward and from each other,

means forreleasably fastening said supports in :the positions towhich they may be adjusted, two gripping members respectively hinged to'sai'd supportsso that they may be swung toward and from each other, and adjustable means"connecting said gripping members for holding the portions so connected frommoving toward or from each other.

7. In a headlamp rim remover, a link having a longitudinal slot, two supports movable in said slot towardand from each other and having means for being fastened in the positions to which they areadjusted, two gripping members respectively hinged to said supports so as to be swung toward and from each other and adapted to respectively grip opposite sidesof a headlamp rim and providedfea'chwith a handle one-having'a slot therethrough, and a ratchet member pivoted to the other handle and extending through w 7 said handle slot and having means for releas- 3. In a headlamp'rim ren1over, a'-l1nk havably engaging the handle having the slot for holding it from movement'in either direction from any. position to 'whichit may-be ad jus'ted with respect to said ratchet member. In testimony whereof I have signed' my name to this specification.

" PAUL D. BURGIN. 

